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Drew County, Arkansas

A county in Arkansas, ranked 43 of 75 by population.

CountyFIPS 05043

Within Arkansas
Drew County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Monticello, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
17,054
-267 (-1.5%) since 2020
Land area
828.7
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
20.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Monticello
Seat of county government.
Established
1846
179 years ago
Largest city
Monticello city
Population 8,269.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Drew County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Drew County, Arkansas from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 698 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Drew County ranks

Position among the 75 counties of Arkansas, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn ArkansasNationally
Population17,05443rd of 751,975th of 3,144
Land area828.7 sq mi14th of 751,018th of 3,144
Population density20.6 per sq mi53rd of 752,223rd of 3,144
Median household income$42,82465th of 753,009th of 3,143

Full data for Drew County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,054Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,321Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,353Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area828.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area835.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$42,824American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,196American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,289American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-28
199 births, 227 deaths
Net migration
+93
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Drew County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Ashley CountyArkansas31 mi17,831
Bradley CountyArkansas27 mi9,828
Lincoln CountyArkansas24 mi12,764
Desha CountyArkansas21 mi9,984
Chicot CountyArkansas12 mi9,107
Cleveland CountyArkansas6.0 mi7,224

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 75 counties of Arkansas

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.